I 



A FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW 



OF THE 



IMPERIAL DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE WEST INDIES. 



LIBRARY; 



NEW YORI< 



BOTANfCAl 



GARDEN.: 



Vol. Y. No. 114. 



BARBADOS, SEPTEMBEll 8, 1906. 



Pkice \d. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Bahamas, Tobacco in ... 281 

 Bee Farming in Victoria... 286 j 

 British Guiana, Balata and ' 



Rubber in 280 



Cane Farming 281 



Central Sugar Factories in 



Martinique 287 



Cocoa-nuts in New Guinea 277 

 Colonial Fruit Shows ... 277 

 Cotton Industry in 



St. Kitt's-Nevis ... 273 

 Cotton Notes : — 



Antigua Cotton Factory 278 

 Cotton Exports from the 



West Indies 278 



Cotton in Porto Rico ... 279 

 Cotton in St. Croix ... 278 

 Cotton in the Virgin 



Islands 281 



Cotton in St. Vincent... 278 

 Cotton, Production and 



Prices of 279 



West Indian Cotton ... 278 



Curing Skins 283 



Departmental Reports : — 

 Antigua : Annual Re- 

 ports on the Botanic 

 Station, etc 286 



Page. 



Departmental Rejiorts ; — 



St. Kitt's-Nevis : Re- 



])orts on the Botanic 



Station, etc 280 



Diseases of Sweet Potatos 285 

 Extiorts of Barbados ... 280 

 Exports of Dominica ... 281 



Gleanings ... 284 



Improvement of Forests 275 

 Insect and Diseases ... 281 



Marlcet Reports 288 



Notes and Comments ... 280 

 Nuts, Food Value of ... 276 



Orange, A New 270 



Rainfall in Grenada ... 285 

 Rice Growing in British 



Guiana 280 



Rice, Polished 285 



Rubber in Peru 283 



Rubber, Supply of 283 



Sugar Industry : — 



Hybridization of the 



Sugar-cane 274 



Sugar-cane Experiments 



in British Guiana ... 275 

 Ticks, How to get rid of, 282 

 West Indian Products ... 287 



Cotton Industry in St. Kitt's-Nevis. 



UCH encouraging progress has been made 

 in the establishment of the cotton industry 

 "rfi g^*a'!EJ^(d in St. Kitt's-Nevis that it may be of 

 ^ interest brie% to review its position as set forth in the 

 Pj recently issued report on the Botanic Station and 

 CC Experiment Plots in the presidency. 



It is estimated that during the last season some 

 3,300 acres were planted in cotton in the three islands, 

 as follows : St. Kitt's, 800 acres ; Nevis, 1,500 acres ; 

 and Anguilla, 1,000 acres. Of the 800 acres planted in 

 St. Kitt's, only 200 acres were planted as a main crop, 

 the remainder occupying the position of a ' catch crop ' 

 with canes. 



The following table, giving the return of cotton 

 exported from the presidency for the years ended 

 December 31, 1904 and 1905, and also, for comparison, 

 for the first quarters of 1905 and 1906, will show at 

 a glance the progress that has been made : — ■ 



Dealing first with St. Kitt's, it may be mentioned 

 that the system of planting cotton as a catch crop has 

 proved very remunerative, as the greater part of the 

 cultivation expenses are chargeable to the sugar-cane 

 crop. As far as can be seen at the present time, the 

 succeeding cane crop has not suffered in any way from 

 the growth of the cotton. The land is prepared early, 

 as for canes, the cotton being planted on the 'centres' 

 with the first rains in June. In his report the Agri- 

 cultural Superintendent sotmds a note of warning in 

 connexion with the cultivation of cotton as a catch 



